Tuesday, December 05, 2006
AMD Athlon 64 X2
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Below you can see the whole family of AMD Athlon 64 X2 AM2 processors:
Model Number |
Frequency |
L2 Cache |
Packaging |
Thermal Design Power |
5200+ |
2.6 GHz |
1MB + 1MB |
socket AM2 |
89W |
5000+ |
2.6 GHz |
512KB + 512KB |
socket AM2 |
89W |
4800+ |
2.4 GHz |
1MB + 1MB |
socket AM2 |
89W, 65W |
4600+ |
2.4 GHz |
512KB + 512KB |
socket AM2 |
89W, 65W |
4400+ |
2.2 GHz |
1MB + 1MB |
socket AM2 |
89W, 65W |
4200+ |
2.2 GHz |
512KB + 512KB |
socket AM2 |
89W, 65W |
4000+ |
2.0 GHz |
1MB + 1MB |
socket AM2 |
89W, 65W |
3800+ |
2.0 GHz |
512KB + 512KB |
socket AM2 |
89W, 65W, 35W |
The family has both 1MB and 512KB L2 cache, while several series are offered with two thermal design powers (89W, 65W). Full specs are very interesting:
AMD64 Technology |
Yes |
Simultaneous 32- & 64-bit computing |
Yes |
L1 Cache (Instruction + Data) per core |
128KB (64KB + 64KB) |
L2 Cache per core |
512KB or 1MB |
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One 16x16 link @ 2000 MHz bidirectional |
HyperTransport Iechnology I/O Bandwidth |
8 GB/s |
Integrated DDR Memory Controller |
Yes |
Memory Controller Width |
128-bit |
Type of Memory Supported |
PC2 6400(DDR2-800), PC2 5300(DDR2-667), PC2 4200(DDR2-533), and PC2 3200(DDR2-400) unbuffered memory (socket AM2) |
Memory Bandwidth |
up to 12.8 GB/s (socket AM2) |
Total Processor-to-system Bandwidth (HyperTransport plus memory bandwidth) |
up to 20.8 GB/s (socket AM2) |
Process Technology |
90 nanometer, SOI (silicon-on-insulator) Technology |
Packaging |
socket AM2 (940-pin) organic micro PGA |
Thermal Design Power |
110W, 89W, 65W, or 35W |
Die Size |
147 to 218 mm2 |
Number of Transistors |
154 to 227 million (socket AM2) (depending on cache size) |
Manufacturing Sites |
Fab 30 and Fab 36 in Dresden , Germany |
Compared with an Intel D9xx series, the AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor has wider chipset support:
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AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor |
Intel Pentium D Dual-Core Processor |
Infrastructure |
socket AM2 |
LGA775 |
Process Technology |
90 nanometer, SOI (silicon on insulator) |
65 or 90 nanometer |
Number of Transistors |
154 to 227 million |
230 million |
64-bit Instruction Set Support |
Yes, AMD64 Technology |
Yes, EM64T |
| Enhanced Virus Protection |
Yes |
Yes |
| System Bus Technology |
HyperTransport™ technology up to 2000MHz, full duplex |
Front Side Bus up to 800 MHz, Half duplex |
| Integrated Memory Controller |
128-bit + 16-bit ECC unbuffered PC2 6400(DDR2-800), PC2 5300(DDR2-667), PC2 4200(DDR2-533), PC2 3200(DDR2-400) |
No, Discrete logic device on motherboard |
| Total Processor-to-System Bandwidth |
HyperTransport technology: up to 8.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth: up to 12.8 GB/s
Total: up to 20.8 GB/s |
Total: up to 6.4 GB/s |
| 3D & Multimedia instructions |
3DNow!™ technology, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 |
SSE, SSE2, SSE3 |
| Chipset support |
NVIDIA: Nforce4 Series chipsets
ATI: Radeon Xpress 200 Series chipsets
VIA: K8 Series chipsets
SiS: 75x Series chipsets or greater |
Intel: 945/955 Series only
NVIDIA: Nforce4 Series chipsets |
| Total Designed Power (TDP) |
35W, 65W or 89W |
95W or 130W |
Let’s now see in depth, a comparison between 4600+ with 89W and 65W TDP:
| Processor |
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core |
| Model |
4600+ |
| Ordering P/N (Tray) |
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| Ordering P/N (PIB) |
ADA4600CUBOX |
ADO4600CUBOX |
| Operating Mode |
32/64 |
| Stepping |
F2 |
| Frequency |
2400Mhz |
| HT Speed |
2000 |
| Voltage |
1.30V/1.35V |
1.20V/1.25V |
| Max Temp |
55-70°C |
72°C |
| Thermal Design Power |
89W |
65W |
| L1 Cache |
128KB x2 |
| L2 Cache |
512KB x2 |
| CMOS Technology |
90nm SOI |
| Socket |
Socket AM2 |
Their only difference is the required voltage and max temperature. For our review we used an ADA4600CUBOX (89W):
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